catastrophe

1 Not even the bacteria in the soil can survive a catastrophe like that.

2 Some kind of catastrophe had occurred at Hiroshima, but no one knew the details.

3 The thing with Maya is, she’s never cared about popularity or social catastrophes.

4 The flood was a terrible catastrophe in which many people died.

那次洪水真是一场可怕的灾难,许多人丧生.

5 The ark delivered the worthy, bringing them to the other side of the catastrophe.

6 She was bound and determined to run off, and sometimes I had to threaten her with catastrophe just to keep her in check.

7 It’s like the only people who escaped the catastrophe above them are hardened criminals.

8 Yet already he was near recovery, while the more light-hearted Bluebell seemed even less the worse for the dreadful catastrophe that he had survived.

9 Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.

周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量.

10 The former follows fairly briskly on from the latter; or should do, if onstage catastrophe is to be avoided.

11 The flood in Venice was a major catastrophe.

威尼斯的洪水是一场大灾难.

12 Every one feels that a disaster is imminent, as if a catastrophe is about to come.

谁都感到大事不好, 似乎有什么极大的灾难即将来临.

13 “Baba is at home. She couldn’t sleep last night. She’s afraid another catastrophe will happen. The doctor gave her pills to calm her nerves.”

14 Only the thought of the possible catastrophes that might befall such an expedition, and of sustaining damage to my travelling suit, persuaded me to content myself with sitting here on this bench.

15 Absent some catastrophe, the food prices should soon drop.

没有什么突变的话, 食品价格应该很快会有所下降.

16 Not only did Planck’s formula explain the new measurements, it solved the ultraviolet catastrophe.

17 A compulsively methodical man, he had elaborate systems in place that were supposed to prevent such a catastrophe.

18 The catastrophe in the sky was distant, slow, even serene.

19 It was the first modern eco-catastrophe.

这是第一次现代生态灾难。

20 The only way to prevent a catastrophe was to get more as quickly as possible.

防止这样一个突如其来的大灾难的唯一方式就是尽快地获得更多的疫苗.

1 毁灭

desolate pernicious bale end death rack destruction fate doom bane undoing biocide ruination wipe-out -ition kill destroy consume devour negate obliterate unmake ruin perish squelch bring to naught go to the dogs go to pot put an end to undone finish slaughter dissolution shipwreck annihilation perdition marmelize havoc undo overthrow blight subvert uncreate go to pigs and whistle put the skids on lost blighted internecine ruinate destructively wreck wrecking wipeout extinguishment lose sink damn extinguish snuff annihilate fordo cut in pieces cut into pieces

2 大失败

disaster bomb fiasco washout come a cropper fall a cropper get a cropper

3 结局

end outcome fate ending termination sequel omega coda upshot finality denouement pay-off last issue conclusion sequence finale eventuate final ultimate event wrap-up capper windup dropscene conclusive enfin point result finish payoff anagnorisis in fine

4 困难

short difficult painful stiff rocky dodgy gnarly ill problem trouble difficulty bother rub hassle inconvenience snag woe pitfall strife poser

5 灾难

disaster tragedy adversity calamity visitation evil woe misfortune mishanter trouble accident fate grief casualty fatality tribulation mishap scourge ill misadventure mischance mucker chance slip knock suffering distress deuce smashup slipup

6 大变动

earthquake cataclysm

7 事故

trouble mistake circumstance incident accident disaster hazard occurrence casualty malfunction contingency occurring

8 灾祸

blow curse adversity calamity contretemps disaster visitation debacle mishanter wanion misfortune mischief fardel

9 激变

crisis upheaval convulsion revulsion

10 大败

cleaning rout fluff trimming lurch pasting Waterloo brodie shellacking discomfiture washout bomb hammer skunk smother shellac get splattered

11 灾变

convulsion cataclysm

12 突变

sporting discontinuous sportive mutative peripetia break sport chop mutation mutant mutagenesis saltation peripeteia heterogenesis mutate transilient turn jump wave revulsion

13 困境

sticky wicket hornet's nest pass fix trouble bind mess jam scrape dead end plight abyss predicament mire cul-de-sac quagmire morass straits bed of nails

14 大祸

disaster

15 大灾难

ruin cataclysm